#10 National Seed

Athens Regional

2026 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament · Regional Round

#10 Seed·Athens Regional·Final

Georgia Sweeps Athens — Defending Champs Held Scoreless

Winner

Georgia

CHALK · CALLED IT

Chalk in Athens. Georgia swept 3-0 with an 18-2 run margin: 5-2 over Charleston, 8-0 over UNC Greensboro, 5-0 shutout of Clemson in the title. Shroyer never got the Sunday rubber we expected. Defending ACC champs Clemson went down 5-0 in the championship game — Howard struck out 8 and Gordon's 2-run homer in the 3rd was the dagger.

GeorgiaFAVORITE

BatSarah Gordon — National POW (D1S/SA/SI)

CircleDestin Howard — Primary returning arm

ClemsonTHREAT

BatKiley Channell — .330 BA, 44 RBI

CircleAbby Dunning / Sierra Maness (transfers)

Defending 2025 ACC Tournament champs.

UNC GreensboroTHREAT

BatKaylyn Belfield — 200+ career hits

CircleBrooklyn Shroyer — SoCon POY, 1.58 ERA, 18 W, 9 SHO

Shroyer is the sub-1.60 ERA arm that pushes hosts to rubber.

CharlestonEASY OUT

CircleMackenzie Mathis — 23 K in 20 IP, 1 ER at CAA tourney

First CAA championship in program history.

X-Factor

Destin Howard's 5-0 title-game shutout of Clemson. The defending ACC champs put up nothing — and Tony Baldwin is in his third straight super regional run.

National Seed

#10

Host

Georgia

City

Athens, GA

Dates

May 15-17, 2026

Format

4-team double-elim

Bracket

Friday's first-round matchups

Game 1 — Fri 7:00 PM ET

Final

Georgia

Charleston

Game 2 — Fri 4:30 PM ET

Final

Clemson

UNC Greensboro

Winners meet Saturday at 1:00 PM ET. Losers play an elimination game at 3:30 PM ET. Regional championship Sunday at 12:00 PM ET, with an if-necessary game at 2:30 PM ET.

Schedule

All times Eastern

Game	Date	Time	Matchup	Result	TV
Game 1	Fri, May 15	7:00 PM ET	Col. of Charleston at Georgia	Georgia5–2	ESPN+
Game 2	Fri, May 15	4:30 PM ET	UNC Greensboro at Clemson	UNC Greensboro1–0	ESPN+
Game 3	Sat, May 16	3:30 PM ET	Clemson at Col. of Charleston	Clemson3–1	ESPN+
Game 4	Sat, May 16	1:00 PM ET	Georgia at UNC Greensboro	Georgia8–0	ESPN+
Game 5	Sat, May 16	6:00 PM ET	Clemson at UNC Greensboro	Clemson4–1	ESPN+
Game 6	Sun, May 17	12:00 PM ET	Georgia at Clemson	Georgia5–0	ESPN2
Game 7	Sun, May 17	2:30 PM ET	Regional Championship (if necessary)	—	ESPN2

Path Forward

Super Regional pairing

The Athens Regional winner advances to face the winner of the Knoxville Regional (#10 vs #7) in the Super Regional round May 21-24, hosted at the higher national seed (Tennessee). Super Regionals are best-of-three; the winner advances to the Women’s College World Series at Devon Park in Oklahoma City, May 28 - June 5.

About the Host

Georgia

Georgia hosts the Athens Regional in Athens, GA as the #10 national seed of the 2026 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament. Hosting rights are awarded to the top 16 seeds, and the Georgia program earned its bid on the strength of its regular-season resume.

All games at this regional are played at the Georgia home softball venue, with first pitch on Friday, May 15 and the championship round on Sunday, May 17.